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Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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Mon, 2 Feb 2004 16:59:52 GMT
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<http://slumbering.lungfish.com/>, top story today.
Attention Lego fanatics: you are missing the point when you claim that
the word "Lego" can't be pluralized into "Legos," but should instead be
"Lego bricks." If your concern is trademark protection, then plurality
doesn't enter into it. In other words, if you can't say "Hand me some
Legos," you also can't say "Hand me that Lego."
I know that the Lego trademark page says to never say "Legos." That
doesn't mean that the plural of "Lego" is "Lego," it means that they
don't want you to use the term generically. Get it straight.
Also, for consistency's sake, you should also apply this rule to other
companies. If you don't always say "Hand me that Kleenex tissue" and "I
need a Band-Aid adhesive bandage," then you should keep quiet. If you do
always say "Kleenex tissue" and "Band-Aid bandage," you should keep quiet
for a different reason.
--
Matthew Miller mattdm@mattdm.org <http://www.mattdm.org/>
Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/>
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Message has 8 Replies:
 | | Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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| (...) Huh? "LEGO bricks" is the standard preferred term. And who does he think he is, going around and lecturing people on proper trademark protection when he's typing "Lego" instead of "LEGO"? Just because someone says that "LEGO" can't be (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
| | | Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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| (...) The problem with legos, as I see it, is there really isn't any other term for them besides "legos". Sure the company would like you to call them Lego bricks or Lego toys, and I try to do so in formal writing--only because I am a fan. But no (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.dear-lego)
| | | Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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| The word "Legos" really grates on me. It's not that lego is like sheep where the plural is also sheep, it's that lego is like sand: it doesn't have a plural. "Pass me those legos" is completely ambiguous: do you mean parts, sets, models, boxes or (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
| | | Re: Lore on Lego vs. Legos
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| I'm going to chalk this one up to human nature. As far as I can tell, people like to shorten names. Instead of saying "LEGO brand building bricks", they say "LEGOs". Call it a nick-name, or even an abbreviation .I could walk around all day saying (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-04, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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